rupert murdoch's empire is under fire. and they dropped a bid to buy a british television station. >> i think this has been the right decision. this company needs to sort out the problems at the news of the world, and that must be the priority, and so the right decision. but also the right but also the right decision for the country, too. now we have to get on with the work with the police investigation i set up today. >> dan rivers in london with the latest. how much how much of this do we think the deal fell through because of financial reasons or public pressure from the parliament as well as others who are not happy with what has gone on? >> reporter: no, it's completely about the public pressure and financ just before they just before they announced this, the house of commons behind me, the british parliament here was about to have a debate about whether the take over should be able to go ahead. an unprecedented amount of unanimity inside thejfu here. everybody opposed to the takeover being approved, and that's perhap